We have gathered together some resources that may be helpful in learning more about early childhood and ways you can find support or offer support.
Reports
- Diverse Delivery Resource Guide (Louisiana)
- Fact Sheet: President Obama’s Plan for Early Education for All Americans
- Raising America: Preview of PBS video work-in-progress
- Profiles: Braided Funding Collaborations and Public-Private Partnerships
- Early Childhood Risk and Reach in Louisiana: Fall 2012
- Birth To Five Policy Alliance Reports
- Louisiana’s Workforce Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators – Draft
- Working Definitions for Professional Development in Early Childhood Workforce
- Louisiana’s Continuum of Early Learning and Development Standards (three documents)
- Diverse Delivery of PreK – Preschool in community settings
- Early Childhood Risk in Louisiana Fall 2010
- Technical Report: The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress December 2011
- Policy Statement: Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science Into Lifelong Health December 2011
- Improving Supports for Parents of Young Children (The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP features LAPEN) September 2010
- Improving Infant and Toddler Care in Louisiana
- Early Childhood System Integration Budget – FY 14 as Recommended
- Early Childhood System Integration Budget – FY 13 as Recommended
- Early Childhood System Integration Budget – FY 12 as Recommended
- Early Childhood System Integration Budget – FY 11 (revised 6-30-11)
- Early Childhood System Integration Budget – FY 10 (revised 6-25-10)
- Beyond the School Yard: Pre-K Collaborations with Community-Based Partners July 2009
Websites
- Louisiana Kids’ Dashboard
- Tulane Early Childhood Collaborative
- Tulane Child and Family Lab
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition
- 211 Directory of Social Services
- Louisiana Parenting Education Network (LAPEN)
- LaCHIP Online Application and Information
- Quality Start Child Care Rating System
- Video Series on Early Childhood Science – Presentations from Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Zero to Three
Job Postings
- No Job Postings at This Time.
For Professionals
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
- Erikson Institute
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Institute for Early Education Research
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Ounce of Prevention Fund
- Prevent Child Abuse America
- Society for Research in Child Development
- Zero to Three